Definitions for cumber
ˈkʌm bərcum·ber

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restrain, encumber, cumber, constrainverb

   hold back

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cumberverb

   To slow down, to hinder, to burden.

2. Etymology: From the combren.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Cumbernoun

   Vexation; embarrassment; obstruction; hindrance; disturbance; distress.

   Etymology: komber, Dutch.

   By the occasion thereof I was brought to as great cumber and danger, as lightly any might escape. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Thus fade thy helps, and thus thy cumbers spring. Edmund Spenser.

   The greatest ships are least serviceable, go very deep in water, are of marvellous charge and fearful cumber. Walter Raleigh.

2. To CUMBERverb

   Etymology: kommeren, komberen, to disturb, Dutch.

   1. To embarrass; to entangle; to obstruct.

   Why asks he, what avails him not in fight,
   And would but cumber, and retard his flight,
   In which his only excellence is plac’d!
   You give him death, that intercept his haste. John Dryden, Fables.

   Hardly his head the plunging pilot rears,
   Clog’d with his cloaths, and cumber’d with his years. Dryd.

   The learning and mastery of a tongue, being uneasy and unpleasant enough in itself, should not be cumbered with any other difficulties, as is done in this way of proceeding. John Locke.

   2. To croud or load with something useless.

   I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground? Lu. xiii. 7.

   Let it not cumber your better remembrance. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, is not only lost labour, but cumbers the memory to no purpose. John Locke.

   3. To involve in difficulties and dangers; to distress.

   Domestick fury, and fierce civil strife,
   Shall cumber all the parts of Italy. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

   4. To busy; to distract with multiplicity of cares.

   Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke, x. 40.

   5. To be troublesome in any place.

   Doth the bramble cumber a garden? It makes the better hedge; where, if it chances to prick the owner, it will tear the thief. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. iii. c. 2. sect. 47.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cumber

   Cumber refers to hampering or hindering something or someone by causing inconvenience or annoyance. It can also mean to overcrowd or overfill a particular space, causing obstructions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cumberverb

   to rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble

2. Cumber

   trouble; embarrassment; distress

3. Etymology: [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. to increase, grow strong. Cf. Cumulate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cumber

   kum′bėr, v.t. to trouble or hinder with something useless: to retard, trouble.—n. encumbrance: cumbering.—adj. Cum′bered, hampered: obstructed.—ns. Cum′berer; Cum′ber-ground, a useless thing, from Luke, xiii. 7.—adj. Cum′berless, unencumbered.—ns. Cum′berment, Cum′brance, encumbrance.—adjs. Cum′bersome, unwieldy: heavy; Cum′brous, hindering: obstructing: heavy.—adv. Cum′brously.—n. Cum′brousness. [O. Fr. combrer, to hinder—Low L. cumbrus, a heap; corr. of L. cumulus, a heap.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUMBER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cumber is ranked #42511 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cumber surname appeared 510 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cumber.
   
   83.3% or 425 total occurrences were White.
   9.4% or 48 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.7% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for cumber »

1. cumbre

How to pronounce cumber?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cumber in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cumber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cumber
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cumber
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cumber
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumber
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cumber
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html